After a week of nervously watching the forecast with the potential for rain being suggested and then withdrawn, ten hardy SMC members met up at Horseshoe Quarry, near Stoney Middleton. Despite the fact that this crag has featured in the

The diligent group of SMC anniversary planners have been busy making plans for the club’s 60th anniversary in 2018. After several meetings we can reveal that the year is beginning to shape up nicely and you can start thinking about

August bank holiday, North Wales, club trip and good weather: it’s not often you can put all of those elements into one clause. But that’s exactly what we had at the SMC August bank holiday meet, and the ten souls

Join Guest Speaker Shirin Shabestari Growing up Iran, childhood trips to the mountains with her father gave Shirin a taste for adventure and a sense of freedom. Now living in London with a young family, Shirin shares her love from

The next Sollihull day trip is on Sunday 9th July, though this may move to the Saturday (8th) if the weather is going to be better that day. We will be having a bouldering day at Cratcliffe that is situated

On the 2nd February 1958 the first committee meeting of the Solihull YHA Club met. This club later changed its name to the Solihull Mountaineering Club, and so in 2018 the SMC will be celebrating 60 years of hitting the

So what happens when you take 14 SMC members, send them to Spain, surround them with mountains, and give them 9 days of blue skies and perfect temperatures – a lot that’s what! Things started with a game of hunt

We have just had a fantastic beginners and improvers day, blessed with warm sun, cool rock and cake! 21 members old, new, and prospective descended on Harborough to walk, climb and eat cake and scones. People did their first outdoor

After a nervous week of weather watching 10 SMC members went to Dorset for the March meet. This gave opportunities for walking the south West coast path, exploring the Purbeck hills and climbing around Portland and Swanage. Pete and Clare

On Saturday 11th March a group of SMC members joined other users of Creation Climbing Centre and local families in a charity climb to raise money for a Forest School for St Martin de Porres primary school. We also raised